Headrest



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' HEADREST Filed April 16, 1930 structures Patented Aug. 4, 1931 PATENT OFFICE CHARLES I. HOLMES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS HEADREST Application filed April 16,

My present invention relates to the provision of a head rest, and more particularly to the provision of a head rest which will facilitate and render more comfortable the g operations involved in washing or shampooing the hair, both for the person whose hair is being washed or shampooed and for the operator who is performing the operation.

I am aware that facilities have been sug-' 10 gested having 1n view the meeting of the same general conditions, but so ar as I am advised, these previous suggestions have each involved as a part thereof, structures supporting the neck. I have found such entirely impractical as they throw at least a portion of the support of the head upon the neck and are not comfortable to the person operated upon, and they prevent the operator from having free access to portions of the head requiring manip ulation.

As will hereafter be seen, my head rest provides a strap, preferably of textile which can be easily sterilized, under tension, for

receiving the rounded posterior portion of the head and upon which the head may be rolled from side to side to permit access to every part thereof. The fact that the supporting strap or band is under tension prevents it from unduly sagging in a loop and thereby embracing a considerable portion of the head and preventing access thereto. rIhe tensioning of the strap also makes it a more comfortable support for the head and permits the head being held in a suiliciently elevated position above the Wash bowl or drain pan to permit easy access to all portions of the head. There may, of course, be other operations upon the head,

Jesides washing` or shampooing, which would be facilitated by the use of my head rest, and I wish it to be understood that it is my intention to include all such uses of my invention within the scope of this patent.

I attain the hereinbefore described objects and results by means of the structures illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective of a head rest embodying my invention arranged for use in 1930, -Seria1 N0. 444,661.

erably of textile, which may be easily sterx ilized, held under suflicient tension to support the head without marked sagging between the upper ends of arms 6-6 of a U-shaped bow or bracket 7. In the illustration I have shown the upper ends of the arms 6--6 rolled to form eyes in which are held rings 8 8. The ends of the strap 5 are passed through the rings 8-8 and secured to the body of the strap by means of snap hooks 9 9, or in any other desired way.

An ordinary and convenient way for holding my head rest in an operative position and securing it to a usual form of wash bowl fixture is to secure to the horizontal portion of the bow or bracket 7 by means of pivots 10-10 arms 11--11 which may be swung to rest at least partially on the top of a wash bowl fitting 12, the inner ends of the arms 11-11 being secured to the rim of the wash bowl fitting 12 by clamps -18-13, which may be conveniently, al-

though not necessarily, pivotally secured to the inner ends of the arms 11-11.

Such a form of construction will support and permit the employment therewith of a drip or drain pan 14, shown in dotted lines in the figures. A drip pan, however, is not necessary as the arms 11-11 may be proportioned or adjusted to bring the head rest or strap 5 sufliciently over the wash bowl fitting 12 to catch all the draining and dripping.

It is obvious that my head rest is for use when the person whose head is to be supported is in a nearly horizontal position, and in such a position with my head rest the water will naturally iow away from the ears and will not tend to run down the neck.

I-Iaving described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A head rest comprising a U-shaped bow or bracket, a exible strap detachably secured under tension between the upper ends of the arms of said bow or bra-cket laterally extended arms pivoted at opposite ends of the base of said bow or bracket adapted to rest on the top of a wash bowl fitting, and clamps associated with the inner ends of said pivoted arms adapted to engage the rim of said wash bowl ttino'.

2. A head rest comprisinga U-shaped bow or bracket between the upper ends of the 1 arms of which is held under tension a pliable strap, means for securing said U-shaped bow or bracket in vertical position and adjustable at a desired horizontal distance from said bowl, and a tray associated with said U- 3 shaped bracket and extending from under said pliable strap toward said bowl.

CHARLES I. HOLMES. 

